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Friday - Rob Cowan

With Rob Cowan. Including Essential CD of the Week: Dvorak: Slavonic Dances; Artist of the Week: Pierre Hantai; Rob's Essential Choice: Sibelius: Symphony No 4 in A minor, Op 63.

9am
A selection of music including the Essential CD of the Week: a disc of Dvorak's Slavonic Dances played by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rafael Kubelik: DG 419 056 2

9.30am
A daily brainteaser and performances by the Artist of the Week, harpsichordist and conductor Pierre Hantai.

10.30am
In the week of the Cheltenham Race Festival, the Essential Classics guest is the managing director of Cheltenham Racecourse, Edward Gillespie, who introduces his essential pieces of classical music.

11am
Rob's Essential Choice

Sibelius
Symphony No.4 in A minor Op.63
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Paavo Berglund (conductor)
FINLANDIA 060149512.

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Fri 16 Mar 2012 09:00
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Music Played

  • 9am: Rob's CD of the Week

    • Antonín Dvořák

      Slavonic Dance in F major Op. 72 No. 3

      Performers: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik (conductor)

      • DG 419 056 2.

  • Franz Danzi - Wind Quintet in G minor Op. 56 No. 2

    Performers: Michael Thompson Wind Quintet

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Chanson géorgienne: "Oh! Cesse de chanter, gentile jeune fille" Op. 4 No. 4

    Performers: Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

    • EMI CDM 764078 2.

  • 9.24: Rob's CD of the Week

    • Antonín Dvořák

      Slavonic Dance in in G minor Op. 46 No. 8

      Performers: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik (conductor)

      • DG 419 056 2.

  • 9.30: Artist of the Week - Pierre Hantaï

    • Georg Philipp Telemann

      Trio Sonata in A minor for recorder, oboe and continuo

      Performers: Sébastien Marq (recorder), Alfredo Bernardini (oboe), Jérôme Hantaï (viola da gamba), Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord)

      • ASTREE E8554.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dances No. 15 in B flat & No. 10 in F

    Orchestrator: Brahms Performers: London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati (conductor)

    • MERCURY 434 326 2.

  • 9.45: Artist of the Week - Pierre Hantaï

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major BWV 848 (Well Tempered Clavier Bk 1)

      Performers: Pierre Hantaï (harpsichord)

      • MIRARE MIR9930.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Galatea's aria from Cantata 'Aci, Galatea e Polifemo'

    Performers: Delphine Haidan (soprano), Le Concert d'Astree, Emmanuelle Haim (director)

    • VIRGIN 730 799 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet No. 15 in D minor K. 421

    Performers: Juilliard String Quartet

    • SONY CLASSICAL 88697884152.

  • 10.30: Edward Gillespie's Choices

    • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

      1812 Overture

      Arranger: Jonathan Rathbone Performers: Swingle Singers

      • SWINGCD 17.

  • Harty

    In the Antrim Hills (An Irish Symphony)

    Performers: Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson (conductor)

    • CHANDOS CHAN6525.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Botschaft op 47 no 1 & Staendchen op 106 no 1

    Performers: Hans Hotter (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano)

    • EMI 264901 2.

  • 11am: Rob's Essential Choice

    • Jean Sibelius

      Symphony No. 4 in A minor Op. 63

      Performers: Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Paavo Berglund (conductor)

      • FINLANDIA 060149512.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Melodie op 47 no 3

    Performers: Mikhail Pletnev (piano)

    • DG 459 671 2.

  • 11.34:

    • Robert Schumann

      Konzertstück in F major for 4 horns and orchestra Op. 86

      Performers: Philharmonia Orchestra, Christian Thielemann (conductor)

      • DG 453 482 2.

Broadcast

  • Fri 16 Mar 2012 09:00
    Â鶹Éç Radio 3

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